AIUDF to challenge FIR against Ajmal Foundation; Assam Minister presses on investigation

Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has asserted that case against Ajmal Foundation needs to be investigated as a lot of things are 'coming forward' in matter. Sarma's remarks come on same day as AIUDF chief Bruddin Ajmal revealed that foundation will approach court and challenge FIR filed. matter pertains to suspicious funding of nearly Rs 54.60 crores allegedly from rical Islamist groups, in which Guwahati Police filed an FIR on Saturday. 

"A lot of things are coming forward in matter. So it will definitely need to be investigated," ANI quoted Assam Finance Minister.

Lashing out at Assam Chief Minister earlier today, AIUDF chief Bruddin Ajmal stated that Assam CM should have 'behaved like a politician and t like an enemy'. "re should be a limit to political hostility. We invite Home Ministry to check our accounts," he ded. 

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Case against AIUDF chief

case has been registered over suspicious funding after complaint was lodged by a person called Satya Ranjan Bohra citing allegations from Legal Rights Observatory (LRO), a legal activism group which alleged receipt of funds by one of NGOs of Ajmal from "rical terrorist Islamist groups" from abro. Vinay Joshi of LRO has claimed that Akmal's foundation received funds from foreign organisations which are "closely associated with Al-Qaeda terror network, Hizbul Mujahideen Kashmiri terror network and Egyptian and Kuwaiti Islamic Brorhood networks."

"While analysing ir annual and quarterly donations, we came across all se terror groups funding and financing Bruddin Ajmal," Vinay Joshi alleged. 

In a series of tweets, Legal Rights Observatory has alleged that Markazul Maarif, a CSR wing of Ajmal Foundation of AIUDF leer got nearly 70 crore rupees. tweet by complainant stated that funds received was used in political activities of AIUDF and it was received from Turkish and UK based terror groups.

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LRO alleged that one of dors have links with extremists including 9/11 US attack "mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed n Tariq al-Suwaidan", who is listed by US authorities as "an unindicted co-conspirator". Legal Rights Observatory also shared elaborate details about dors who funded NGO and concluded by alleging that Ajmal has "grossly misused" Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010. In an earlier tweet on December 3, LRO h claimed that of 69.55 crore rupees received by Ajmal's NGO, only Rs 2.05 crore was used for education while rest of funds was routed to "counter Hindu political forces". Reportedly, Assam Cabinet minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged Centre to intervene and probe matter.